Word of the Day
August 29, 2026
KLUDGE
- A kludge is a haphazard or makeshift solution to a problem and especially to a computer or programming problem. // Andy knocked out a hasty kludge to circumvent the glitch until a more robust solution could be developed.
- a haphazard or makeshift solution to a problem and especially to a computer or programming problem.
- problem.
- software or hardware configuration that, while inelegant, inefficient, clumsy, or patched together, succeeds in solving a specific problem or performing a particular task
- to contrive a clumsy makeshift mechanism, also KLUGE [v KLUDGED, KLUDGING, KLUDGES]
- to put together from ill-fitting components [v KLUDGED, KLUDGES, KLUDGING]
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